Virginia’s governor-elect, Abigail Spanberger, has asked UVA’s Board of Visitors to suspend its search for a new president. Students and faculty have joined the chorus, but as Sandy Hausman reports an official search committee says it’s pushing ahead.
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If you’re not using humidifiers correctly, you may be breathing in toxic minerals, according to Andrea Dietrich, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.
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Are AI bots snagging up the best seats in the house? A member of the House of Delegates who wants to crack down on algorithms that buy tickets in bulk.
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Much of the new legal weed market legislation is based on efforts previously vetoed by outgoing Governor Glenn Youngkin.
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This month, the state is expected to release a report on the effects of gun violence in the Commonwealth. At the University of Virginia’s School of Law, students and faculty have done their own study, looking at why so many young people feel the need for a firearm.
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Virginia Tech saw the largest swing, moving 34 points leftward. Radford and Hampton were 23 point shifts. George Mason swung by 17.
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On the Republican side, state Sen. Bryce Reeves had already announced a campaign for the seat.
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The Virginia NAACP's lawsuit against the Shenandoah County School Board for reinstating Confederate names on two schools is set to go to trial next week. In a virtual hearing on Monday, the parties continued arguments over who can use what pieces of evidence. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
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Southwest Virginia is a hotspot for tick-borne disease— with some of the highest per-person rates of Lyme disease in the state. That rise has happened over the past 20 years.
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Are AI chatbots about to replace licensed therapists? Not if Delegate Michelle Maldonado of Prince William County has anything to say about it.
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Wednesday, a Richmond author will release a collection of essays that tell the story of mass incarceration from the prisoners' perspective.
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